Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Engage reports: UNISON, UK's biggest union, supports a boycott of Israel
UNISON, the public service workers' union in the UK, has voted today, by a majority of roughly 4-1, to support the campaign to boycott Israel. Motion 53 includes the following:
"Conference believes that ending the occupation demands concerted and sustained pressure upon Israel including an economic, cultural, academic and sporting boycott."
It also says, using the usual code, that it is for the dismantling of Israel and it opposes a two state solution:
"Conference continues to consider that a just solution to the Palestine-Israel conflict must be based upon international law and Israel should:...2) allow the refugees of 1948 to return home;...
Do I even use or have I purchased anything touched by a British union that I could return?
Disgrace.
Do these idiots have ANY IDEA what they're proposing here?
Yes, they do:
"It also says, using the usual code, that it is for the dismantling of Israel and it opposes a two state solution:
"Conference continues to consider that a just solution to the Palestine-Israel conflict must be based upon international law and Israel should:...
2) allow the refugees of 1948 to return home;"
http://www.engageonline.org.uk/blog/article.php?id=1163
There are discussions about this on Harry's:
http://hurryupharry.bloghouse.net/
Now, I asked flat out what are people thinking and basically got a run around, saying well there aren't REALLY any boycotts, they are just DISCUSSING boycotts, so it isn't such a big deal.
But it is a big deal.
And coming from the Brits it's especially hard to swallow. Anybody with an iota of historical sense must realize that.